You can turn off the light.
Put down your phone.
And suddenly find yourself going over your accounts in your head again.
A bill you have forgotten.
An expense that is coming up.
A question about next month.
Even when nothing can actually be resolved at this hour.
The mind keeps looking for a solution.
As if it had to stay awake.
To prevent difficulties from arriving.
If you know these knights.
I would like to acknowledge what they are asking of you.
Money touches very concrete things.
Housing.
Projects.
The possibility of helping those you love.
Worrying about it is not ridiculous.
And at the same time.
Sleep can help you regain a little more clarity for tomorrow.
This meditation will not pretend to resolve your accounts.
It will help you to leave behind the constant monitoring that exhausts you.
Tomorrow.
You will be able to look at the numbers with your eyes open and choose a real action.
Let us now return to our meditation.
Which I invite you to practice for at least 30 consecutive nights.
Regularity helps you find this path back to rest more easily.
If you fall asleep during the session.
Let sleep take its place.
You can keep your eyes open for a few seconds.
And look at a spot in the room.
Then let your eyelids close.
The bed supports your back.
Feel its surface under your shoulders.
And under your pelvis.
Air enters.
Makes your ribs move slightly.
Then leaves again.
Take a moment to notice this movement that continues on its own.
The jaw loosens first.
The lips can rest freely.
And the forehead becomes less active.
When the numbers come back to mind.
You can return to the sensation of the mattress under your back.
Each exhalation.
Your shoulders take on a little more of their weight.
Your arms follow.
From the elbows down to the hands.
Your fingers rest in whatever shape feels right to them.
Your belly receives the movement of the breath.
If it is tight.
You can give it a few breaths.
And also feel the parts of the body that are already calm.
Pelvis settles.
The thighs become heavier.
The knees release.
The calves and heels find their support.
Your feet can stop preparing for tomorrow.
They are here.
In the bed.
At the end of your resting legs.
Feel your whole body.
The face.
The hands.
Breath keeps its place among them.
You can allow your unconscious to open gently.
Like a page that is turned when the reading of the day is over.
And now.
Imagine on your inner screen.
Quiet room with a large table and a window.
On the table lie a few papers.
They represent the money questions you are thinking about tonight.
You do not need to retrieve the exact amounts.
It is enough to acknowledge that these questions exist.
The light coming from the window is soft enough for you to look at this table without hurrying.
Move forward to the table and look at what is there.
One paper may carry a deadline.
Another a recent expense.
A third,
A question still without an answer.
You may see only one.
Sometimes worry gathers them all into a single sensation.
As if each subject demanded to be resolved tonight.
Here you can look at them separately.
Leave a little air between them.
The wood of the table remains visible.
Your body can keep a sense of grounding while you observe them.
Also notice what happens in you as you look at them.
A tension in the belly.
A desire to look away.
A calculation that starts up on its own.
These reactions are understandable.
They tell you that this subject matters.
They do not necessarily give a complete picture of your situation.
Place both your feet on the floor of the imaginary room.
Let the breath move.
Then return to the papers with a bit more space around them.
You sit down and place a hand near the papers.
Which question truly calls for an action?
Which question keeps coming back,
Mainly because you are still missing information?
Take your time.
The room remains quiet while you make this distinction.
You can move a single paper in front of you.
The one that concerns the first possible action.
The others stay on the table.
You are not denying them.
You are simply giving them an order.
Next to the papers.
There is a notebook.
You open it to a clear page and write down the action chosen for tomorrow.
It may be modest.
Checking a deadline.
Asking for a piece of information.
Looking at a statement.
Talking to the right person.
Write it in your own words.
If no action appears clearly yet.
You can simply note the first piece of information you will need to look for.
You see the ink on the page.
You feel the notebook under your hand.
The appointment with this question is set for a moment when you will really be able to deal with it.
Take the time to see this appointment taking shape.
At what moment could you open this notebook tomorrow?
In the morning.
After eating.
Or when you will have access to the right information.
You may also decide that you will need another person's help.
In that case.
Just write their name or the way to reach them.
The notebook keeps this reference for you.
You can check one last time that the sentence is clear enough.
So that you know where to start.
There may remain on the table some papers.
You do not yet know how to sort.
Look at them without forcing yourself to find a solution tonight.
You can bring them closer together.
Into a corner reserved for open questions.
This distinction matters.
An open question is not an action to be taken in your bed.
Tomorrow you will be able to return to the facts.
For tonight.
It is enough to know where to find them again.
By turning the page.
You discover another part of the notebook.
It contains the resources that already exist in your life.
Some are material.
Others are abilities.
People.
Procedures you are familiar with.
Or decisions you have already been able to make.
You can let these reference points appear one by one.
Nothing forces you to find a lot of them.
A single real element is enough to begin.
You read it.
Then feel how it changes the way you breathe.
Even in the middle of a difficulty.
You can look at what helps you act.
Choose one of these reference points and let the moment return when it helped you.
Perhaps a conversation in which you dare to ask a precise question.
Perhaps a process you carried through to the end.
Perhaps a person with whom the numbers become more understandable.
Recall a detail from this experience.
Place.
The voice.
The gesture.
You do not have to convince yourself that everything will be fine.
You are simply remembering a resource that has already existed.
And that can still have a place.
Then look at yourself in this room.
You are a whole person facing some papers.
The numbers point to things to understand and to handle.
They do not describe everything you are.
Let this distinction take form in the space.
The papers stay on the table.
While you can stand up.
Breathe and walk.
Feel for a few moments what changes when you no longer carry the numbers as a definition of yourself.
A small tray is placed on the other side of the table.
You set the closed notebook on it.
Then you move the papers beside it.
In the order that suits you.
The table becomes readable.
The gesture is precise.
You can feel your hands completing it right to the end.
The tray will wait for tomorrow.
It keeps the trace of your decision and of the questions still open.
You look at your hands one last time.
They have done what was possible tonight.
You stand up and go to the window.
Outside,
The night has its own life.
You may see some lights and houses.
The space between buildings or trees.
Let your imaginary gaze rest there.
Your body also knows a very simple resource.
Sleep.
One night does not settle the numbers.
It can give you back a part of the attention you will need to look at them tomorrow.
Feel the difference between this moment of rest and the moment when you will take up the notebook again.
Stay at the window for a while.
You can feel the air near the glass.
And behind you.
The table with its papers put away.
Between the two.
There is a distance you have created through your gestures.
Worry may come back.
The table will remain there too.
You will be able to return to it at the chosen time.
For now,
Simply look at the night.
Perhaps you see a window still lit.
A quiet street.
Or only the sky.
Let this ordinary landscape remind your body.
That there is a present moment outside of calculations.
You leave the room.
Leaving the table as it is.
The notebook and papers are safe on their tray.
The handle feels pleasant in your hand.
You gently close the door.
And the light from the window remains behind it.
Your next task is already written.
Tonight your body can have time to sleep.
The table grows distant.
In the dream,
The page of the notebook keeps a clear line of ink.
And the tray keeps its place.
The window lets in a soft light.
Just enough for the outlines of the room to remain peaceful.
You feel the bed again under your pelvis.
And under your shoulders.
Your hands rest beside you.
Free and calm.
The breathing continues.
The numbers lose their shape as numbers.
And the words turn into light signs.
Like those traces that a dream knows and then lets go.
What remains is the gentleness of having chosen a moment to find them again tomorrow.
Your body meanwhile.
Inhabits the present night.
The mattress receives it.
From the head down to the heels.
The light from the window returns,
Somewhere behind your eyelids.
It lights up an edge of the table.
The closed corner of a notebook.
Then spreads into a quiet color.
Each exhalation gives more room to sleep.
Thoughts may come.
Settle for a moment.
Then move on.
Your attention comes back to the warmth of the bed.
It stays there.
As the night goes on,
The image becomes less precise.
What remains is an impression of order.
A hand that is written.
A door at rest.
The body recognizes the pause.
This pause is a real resource too.
Let it grow gently while sleep comes closer.
With its own rhythm.
Its simple way of making gestures slower and images lighter.
Somewhere in this image.
The notebook is waiting on its tray.
The pages stay in place.
And so do the words.
The light moves over their edge,
Then softens.
As at the end of an ordinary day.
Your attention can turn toward the column in your shoulders.
Toward the air that enters and leaves.
Toward the peaceful space around the bed.
Tomorrow will have its own light for tomorrow's actions.
This night has its own.
More discreet.
Which accompanies rest.
Let it take whatever form it wants in your dreams.
While the body settles a little more comfortably into sleep.
And now.
If you are not asleep yet.
Please repeat the following positive affirmations until you find sleep.
Your unconscious will then take over.
I take care of my resources with clarity.
My choices move forward one step at a time.
I can look at the numbers calmly tomorrow.
My breathing gives me support tonight.
I acknowledge the resources present in my life.
I know how to ask for useful information.
Precise gesture.
Can shed light on the next step.
I give each question an appropriate moment.
My body receives the rest of this night.
I am building a calmer relationship with money.
My hands know how to accomplish concrete gestures.
I speak to myself with respect when I look at my accounts.
My lucidity grows when I take care of myself.
I can rely on my real skills.
Clear information opens up possible action.
I keep room for sleep.
I recognize the help I can receive.
My inner safety is built day by day.
I choose to look at things in their proper order.
My decisions take shape with patience.
I know how to return to the facts when I need to.
My attention also deserves moments of rest.
I can learn new ways of acting.
A night of sleep supports my clarity.
I respect the efforts I have already made.
My resources can take many different forms.
I find a peaceful rhythm to move forward.
The calm of this night supports my next steps.
During my sleep.
My unconscious keeps this reference point of calm.
I fall asleep in a simple feeling of rest.
I take care of my resources with clarity.
My choices move forward one step at a time.
I can look at the numbers calmly tomorrow.
My breathing gives me support tonight.
I acknowledge the resources present in my life.
I know how to ask for useful information.
A precise gesture.
Can shed light on the next step.
I give each question an appropriate moment.
My body receives the rest of this night.
I am building a calmer relationship with money.
My hands know how to accomplish concrete gestures.
I speak to myself with respect when I look at my accounts.
My lucidity grows when I take care of myself.
I can rely on my real skills.
Clear information opens up possible action.
I keep room for sleep.
I recognize the help I can receive.
My inner safety is built day by day.
I choose to look at things in their proper order.
My decisions take shape with patience.
I know how to return to the facts when I need to.
My attention also deserves moments of rest.
I can learn new ways of acting.
A night of sleep supports my clarity.
I respect the efforts I have already made.
My resources can take many different forms.
I find a peaceful rhythm to move forward.
The calm of this night supports my next steps.
During my sleep.
My unconscious keeps this reference point of calm.
I fall asleep in a simple feeling of rest.
I take care of my resources with clarity.
My choices move forward one step at a time.
I can look at the numbers calmly tomorrow.
My breathing gives me support tonight.
I acknowledge the resources present in my life.
I know how to ask for useful information.
Precise gesture.
Can shed light on the next step.
I give each question an appropriate moment.
My body receives the rest of this night.
I am building a calmer relationship with money.
My hands know how to accomplish concrete gestures.
I speak to myself with respect when I look at my accounts.
My lucidity grows when I take care of myself.
I can rely on my real skills.
Clear information opens up possible action.
I keep room for sleep.
I recognize the help I can receive.
My inner safety is built day by day.
I choose to look at things in their proper order.
My decisions take shape with patience.
I know how to return to the facts when I need to.
My attention also deserves moments of rest.
I can learn new ways of acting.
A night of sleep supports my clarity.
I respect the efforts I have already made.
My resources can take many different forms.
I find a peaceful rhythm to move forward.
The calm of this night supports my next steps.
During my sleep.
My unconscious keeps this reference point of calm.
I fall asleep in a simple feeling of rest.
I take care of my resources with clarity.
My choices move forward one step at a time.
I can look at the numbers calmly tomorrow.
My breathing gives me support tonight.
I acknowledge the resources present in my life.
I know how to ask for useful information.
Precise gesture.
Can shed light on the next step.
I give each question an appropriate moment.
My body receives the rest of this night.
I am building a calmer relationship with money.
My hands know how to accomplish concrete gestures.
I speak to myself with respect when I look at my accounts.
My lucidity grows when I take care of myself.
I can rely on my real skills.
Clear information opens up possible action.
I keep room for sleep.
I recognize the help I can receive.
My inner safety is built day by day.
I choose to look at things in their proper order.
My decisions take shape with patience.
I know how to return to the facts when I need to.
My attention also deserves moments of rest.
I can learn new ways of acting.
A night of sleep supports my clarity.
I respect the efforts I have already made.
My resources can take many different forms.
I find a peaceful rhythm to move forward.
The calm of this night supports my next steps.
During my sleep.
My unconscious keeps this reference point of calm.
I fall asleep in a simple feeling of rest.
I take care of my resources with clarity.
My choices move forward one step at a time.
I can look at the numbers calmly tomorrow.
My breathing gives me support tonight.
I acknowledge the resources present in my life.
I know how to ask for useful information.
Precise gesture.
Can shed light on the next step.
I give each question an appropriate moment.
My body receives the rest of this night.
I am building a calmer relationship with money.
My hands know how to accomplish concrete gestures.
I speak to myself with respect when I look at my accounts.
My lucidity grows when I take care of myself.
I can rely on my real skills.
Clear information opens up possible action.
I keep room for sleep.
I recognize the help I can receive.
My inner safety is built day by day.
I choose to look at things in their proper order.
My decisions take shape with patience.
I know how to return to the facts when I need to.
My attention also deserves moments of rest.
We can learn new ways of acting.